5 points like every time she coughed, it was crazy. Lol, I vividly remember my math teacher docking points from this one girl who always got detention. Just to have to walk in a straight line in such a small building, cracked me up most of the time. Lol, that one always got me because most of our class practically LOOKED liked adults, even me, I'm super tall. Chewing gum, using phone, not having your hands folded together on top of the desk at certain points when instructed, not having your right hand up during the pledge of allegiance, not having 2 buttons buttoned on shirt, not being in a straight line correctly when walking in the hallway. Not tracking (avidly looking at and paying attention) to someone who is talking. We had weekly sheets that kept track of our "points" and we would be deducted points for certain things. But honestly the set up of the KIPP school at the time, made it so students would get in trouble for so many other things. I didn't do much of this in the KIPP school because those teachers were more "hood" I guess (at least for 8th grade), so they pretty much talked back before any of the kids got a chance. Nothing crazy, just talking back here and there. Getting in trouble because the class bored the crap out of me. I was also a pretty stupid kid in middle school. I was aware enough that it was just because of the curriculum difference. Personally, I didn't think it meant I was smart. I knew all the answers, and I distinctly remember my science teacher being "impressed". My science teacher was teaching about solids-liquids-gases when I got there, and this was something I had already learned in 6th grade. I can confidently say they were about 1 year to 2 years behind. It would have been my first time wearing a uniform since 2nd grade, I was fine with that.įirst few weeks of school, it's apparent to me that my education in the suburban schools was much farther than that of this school. I wanted to go to the KIPP school, because I had friends who went. Two very different landscapes, pretty much. The KIPP school was in a majority black area where crime was very bad even across the street from the school. But from the outside looking in basically I went to an all white school, where I was the only black person in most of my classes who excelled in my courses. I know this because I have family that goes to that school now.Īt the time I was coming from a suburban school, I'm trying to be politically correct. When I went, they were 5th-8th grade, now they have a much bigger building in the downtown area with extracurriculars and extended grades. I'm sure they were trying to figure out a lot of nuts and bolts, so I would attest most of my story to them just trying to figure things out. They had bought (idk the specifics) a charter school in an urban area, and it was the first year they were in the city. I went to a brand new KIPP school in 8th grade. I haven't seen much on this thread about KIPP experiences, and most of what I see is almost a decade old, so I thought I would post my experience.
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